Just a brief note to let you know that yes I am still alive and that (overall) all is well. My stress levels at work are still higher than is healthy and my insomnia is still raging as a result. The combination of the two is also triggering a whole bunch of unhealthy food choices (emotional eating sucks) and related digestive woes.

Beyond that, we are all still simply adjusting to being back to school and this week in particular was a particularly busy one.

The kids both have a touch of something, and Miss Artistic has a cough she can’t shake. One that will find me at the pediatrician’s office tomorrow at 3pm instead of getting my food shopping done and over with. It is aggravated by exertion and I’m worried that it might be asthmatic bronchitis (something I get myself every now and again)

Princess Nibbles decided to do an extra credit paper for a Latino Day contest. She chose her own topic, Dia de los Muertos, and she and I worked on it together. This was her first research paper and she needed help figuring out how to take someone else’s words and turn them into hers. All in all it came out very well and she has a 500 word essay done.

I had back to school night for Princess Nibbles on Monday, to which I arrived late thanks to having to pick up the kids from Taekwondo. Gamer Dude & I both attended back to school night for Miss Artistic on Wednesday, an event that last 2.5 hours.

In addition Miss Artistic’s friend “S” has been here nearly every day after school and has stayed for dinner twice. The first night I had enough food. By tonight’s meal it was either a leftover night (which I didn’t want to do with a guest) or breakfast for dinner.

The advantage of the latter being that I could easily make enough to feed everyone. The problem with the latter is that it tends to take a while. But in the end I made a large batch of scrambled eggs with zucchini and cheese; pork rool; breakfast sausage; canned fruit; and a small batch of pancakes (from a lone shake and pour in my pantry).

The week has passed primarily in a blur and I am beyond grateful that tomorrow is Friday. I can only hope that tomorrow evening will find me sleeping like the proverbial dead until I awaken Saturday morning.

Wish me luck!

Blessings

Mama Kelly

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